After their first time working together, Carpenter was eager to do so again as Russell also played R.J. MacReady in the popular horror movie The Thing, which was released just one year after Escape from New York.
Forty years ago this summer, Carpenter cast Russell in the beloved sci-fi action movie Escape from New York.
After previously working together on four classic movies, John Carpenter says he’d really like to work with Kurt Russell again someday.
After starring as fan favorite action hero Snake Plissken in 1981’s Escape from New York, Russell reprised the role in the 1996 sequel Escape from L.A..